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Re: Was Trump right to back the firing of Capt. Crozier

Originally Posted by Praxas

No, he was trying to protect his crew and folks like you would have rather them all die than tarnish the reputation of your messiah Trump. You are anti-American and a traitor to the United States of America. May all Trump supporters burn in hell.

You are so far from the truth it isn't funny.

Help was on the way, but not fast enough to calm this panic stricken Captain.

You would known this if you spent more time researching instead of running your mouth 24/7 with your usual trash.

Re: Was Trump right to back the firing of Capt. Crozier

It was correct to fire the captain. We cannot have military commanders deciding to jump the chain of command or protocol just to keep themselves or their sailors/soldiers out of harms way. The captain by all means can complain up the chain, but he MUST do it properly. Allowing his letter to be leaked was a serious failure by him so he had to go.

If every sailor on that aircraft carrier were to die doing their duty to protect the nation; the area fleet operations they are assigned to; or whatever their mission at the time was--- then SO BE IT, that is what they are there for.

What if mid level commander during the Normandy invasion had said, "oh no, this is too dangerous, we are going to hold our positions or regroup" then how would that have been? If Normandy had been flubbed on that day it would have been another 6 months before the conditions would have been right to attempt again.

I'm sure the captain is popular with his crew, but the feelings of the crew DO NOT matter.

Re: Was Trump right to back the firing of Capt. Crozier

Leaking casualty information through improper channels is a huge no-no in the service.

Any leader that doesn't enforce the standards is a piece of **** and doesn't deserve to wear the uniform.

Indeed.

It wasn't that his ship's crew caught the COVID-19.
It wasn't that he reported that his ship's crew caught the COVID-19 to his superiors.
It wasn't that he he was critical of the Navy's efforts to air lift those stricken sailors to proper medical facilities in Guam, and the rate of that air lift.

Modly said that Crozier showed “poor judgment” by sending the letter by email to 20 or 30 people. He did not directly accuse Crozier of leaking the letter but noted that it appeared in Crozier’s hometown newspaper.

It was that he shared this classified information, i.e. the combat preparedness of a major US navy asset to some '20 or 30 people' via an unsecured system 'email'.

Everyone knows that only Hillary is allowed to get away with such miss-handling of classified information.

Originally Posted by cpwill

Agreeably I haven't followed this closely, but I am a bit of a stickler for that. I have seen folks in this thread suggest that he put classified communications into the hands of the public.... but no one actually demonstrate that he has done so. Can you provide that, please?

Re: Was Trump right to back the firing of Capt. Crozier

Originally Posted by Praxas

Yes, how DARE he care about the soldiers lives under him. He needed to stay out there so Trump didn't look bad, THAT'S what is important. You conservatives make me sick. Your comments are completely un-American and show that you want people to DIE to save your messiah Trump.